Last fall, CNN announced a text-only version of its site, linking to text-only articles, so people with spotty internet connections (like the people then in Hurricane Irma’s path). Lite.cnn.io is ugly, but it’s fast and functional. And it’s not the only pared-down news site.

CNN Lite lists 69 headlines (nice) that link to text-only versions. Unfortunately none of these articles link to their full versions, even if the text references illustrations or video. And the Spanish-language version is currently unavailable (Update 1:40 p.m.: In response to the post, CNN restored Spanish). But if you’re just looking for the bare news, or you’re struggling to get a signal in the country or on the subway, the text site is an alternative to the blaring, ad-filled main site full of autoplay videos.

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If you prefer a more subdued tone, NPR hosts its own text-only version at text.npr.org, which links to 10 top stories, with more headlines under News, Arts & Life, and Music. (As on CNN, you can’t get to the full stories from the text version.)

Reuters runs a relatively light mobile front page with headlines and thumbnail images, but each headline leads to a more cluttered article page. For the rest of your minimalist news reading, try news aggregators: Theoldgnews.com skins Google News in its older, simpler style; Pxlet collects tech headlines from several sources in a spare menu; and the news aggregation sites Techmeme, Mediagazer, Memeorandum, WeSmirch all have minimalist mobile versions of their already plain sites. Of course, once you click through to the source site, those aggregators can’t save you. So look for your favorite ad blocker.